Sorry, I will try to follow the rules. My Data follows, I have also put in what I am trying to exstract from each. 
First Line: I want mylocationbase, I want Mon 13Mar06 11:00:25, and I 
+want 18bn5489 of which all of this data will change, but the data aro
+und it will stay static as these lines repeat over and over.
Second Line: I want to skip per the ) at the end.
Third Line: I want to skip per the .sta at the end.

e:\logfiles\mylocationbase.log [3] Mon 13Mar06 11:00:25 - (000558) Sen
+ding file d:\data\18bn5489.dat
 
e:\logfiles\mylocationbase.log [3] Mon 13Mar06 11:00:31 - (000558) Sen
+t file d:\data\18bn5489.dat successfully (169 Kb/sec - 1049600 bytes)
 
e:\logfiles\mylocationbase.log [3] Mon 13Mar06 11:00:32 - (000558) Sen
+ding file d:\bnsf_data\18bn5489.sta

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In reply to Re^4: splitting up a string based on character locations by batcater98
in thread splitting up a string based on character locations by batcater98

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